 Screenshot of gPotato.com's 2011 homepage | |
Type of site | Video game portal |
|---|---|
| Available in | 10 languages |
| Owner | Gala Inc. |
| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Users | 21 million [1] |
Content license | Copyright |
gPotato is a free multiplayer game portal website operated in Japan and South Korea by Gala Inc. and its subsidiaries, and formerly in North America and Europe by subsidiaries of South Korean-based Webzen. gPotato game portals are in South Korea and Japan. Games hosted at gPotato range from traditional MMORPGs to more accessible casual flash games/browser-based games, all of which are free-to-play so no annual/monthly payment is required; revenue is generated from a micropayment system. Games and their premium item shops can be accessed by the Group's regional gPotato portal sites.
gPotato games are aimed at a broad range of players. Gala Inc.'s corporate philosophy is to "connect people all over the world and by doing that, contribute to global peace."[2] With this in mind, the games published on gPotato portals have no blood in them and are appropriate for a wide age group of players.
gPotato in North America and Europe was previously operated by Gala Inc. In February 2013, Gala-Net, Gala Networks Europe and Gala-Net Brazil were acquired by Webzen.[3] In May 2014 the European and North American gPotato Web sites were merged into the Webzen.com portal.
- ^ "オンラインゲームポータルサイト「gPotato」累計会員数 2,000 万人突破" (PDF) (in Japanese). Gala Inc. 29 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Company: Corporate Philosophy". Gala Inc. Nov 2007. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ "More about gPotato & Webzen". gPotato.eu. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-16.